Means for securing name plates and the like to walls



Mar. 27, 1923- E. F. REA

MEANS FOR SECURING NAME PLATES AND THE LIKE TO WALLS Filed oct. 12, 1922Patented Mar. Z7, 1923.

EDWIN sanne., or oHrcAGoQILLrNors, Assreivon. ro H. NOBLEascoivrral'vor' ,y CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION' OF IIL'JIWCIIS.l

MEANS ron sncunmelnairnrna'rns ANDv THE' man r Q"WaL,L s.

AApplicationr filed: October 12, .1922.` Serial No.. 593,945. i

To all inkom t may concern i Be it known that I, EDWIN F. REA, a citizenof the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county Vof Cook andState of Illinois, `have invented new and useful Im provements in Meansfor Securing Name Plates and the like to Walls, of `which the followingis a specification.-

My invention relates to a fastening orattaching appliance which isadapted for use Y in securing suchfan article as a name plate fastagainst the faceof an orificed wall, and among" various uses isparticularly well adapted as a means for fastening the ornamental nameplate of an automobile to the front wall of the radiator ofthe vehicle.The object of my invention-is in general the provision of fasteningvmeans fitted to serve the requirements of such uses. which 4shall beeconomical to manufacture, simple iu construction, easy to adjust andapply and if occasion requires to remove, efiicicnt and secure inaction, and in a high degree adapted and desirable for the purposes inview. To these ends I have devised and invented the Vnovel fasteningdevice hereinafter described, and my invention resides in the newcombination andarrangement of fastening members cooperatingand organizedas described, the essential elements thereof being more particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood nevertheless,that the construction of the parts is susceptible of considerablemodifcation and variation without departure from the spirit of myinvention.

In the drawing which accompanies this speciiication, Figure l is a faceview of a blank name plate and a portion of a wall illustrating theclass of devices to which my invention is applicable; Fig. 2 is a rearview and Fig. 3 a central cross-section on the line 3-8 of Fig. 2showing the locking pin in locked position; Figs. l and 5 correspondrespectively to Figs. 2 and 3, but show the locking pin in free ordisengaged position; Figs. 6 and 7 show the locking pin detached in twodifferent positions at right angles to each other; and Figs. 8 and 9 arebottom plan views of the device (part of the neck being broken away andthe wall being shown in section), respectively showing the locking pinin locked position and in free position.

-'Ihe same reference characters indicate the same parts in all vtheyfiguresy of the drawing. f"

The name plate l, or is to'be secured to the wall 2. is provided with laneck-extending through such wall, in the present instance the neck beingcylindrical and formed as shortftubular ycollar '3 extending through acircularorice of'vcorresponding size in the wall. This collar is formedwith two diametrical'orifices which constitute bearings for a lockingpin'lwhichl is made of heavy springwire and'is slightly bowed or curvedand at one vend 'provided with a radially lextending terminal bend 5.@Preferably one or more small flugs are pinched up out of the" metal"of-fthe pin to serve as stops, vtwo being shown in thepresother devicewhich F ent instance, so that'thepin may be inserted in the orifices inthe collar upto the lugs', which will. serve to positionthelpincentrally of its length; 'The terminal 'bendy servesboth as a stopandan operating men'r l ber, and stands angularly with respect toa planepassing through the bowcdpin itself. The curvature of the pinand-distance of the' bearings from theface of the wall 2rr are suchthat' the pin may'befreely inserted, and as it is then rotated in itsbearings by means' of the bend 5 theffree endof the pin-I andj theportion yof such pin'adjacent'fthe base of the terminal bend will comeinto yielding spring Contact with the lwall and slide thereon slightlypast a dead center position, and then snap into a spring-locked positionin which theoperating bend 5 will bring up against the face of the wall,thus preventing further rotation, and the. spring tension which the pinthen exerts at its opposite points of Contact lwill securely retain thename plate in locked position. The cylindrical shape of the neck memberpermits the name plate to be rotated so as to set it in properV positionon the wall before int is locked in place. though it is obvious that theneck may be non-circular in shape in which case its position withrelation to the name plate and the cutting of the orifice must be suchas to display the name plate in the desired position. Moreover, while Iregard a double pivotalbearing of the pin in ythe tubular neck asdesirable, a singlecentral eye or loop. acting in the same manl ner, maybe employed, and regard such construction as a niere variation andequivalent of that particularly illustrated and described in detail.

I claim:

l. Fastening means for attaching a naine plate or the like to anorificed' Wall comprising a neck member secured to the name plate andextending through the Wall, said member being formed with a crossorifice forming a bearing, and av resilient curved locking pin extendingthrough said bearing and arranged to yieldingly engage the face of theWall When rotated.

2. Fastening means for attachinga name plate or the like to an oriticed.Wall comprising a neck member secured to the name plate andA extendingthrough the Wall., said member being formed Withv a cross orice forminga bearing, and a resilient curved locking pin extending through saidbearing and arranged to yieldingly snap past dead center position into;spring-locked position, said pin being provided with a stop preventingrotation past locked position.

8. Fastening means for. attaching a name plate or the like to anorificed Wall comprising a nec-k member secured. tothe naine plateand-extending through the` Wall, said inemberbeing form/edi with a crossorifice torming a bearing, andi a resilient curved locking pin extendingthrough said bearing and arranged to yieldingly snap past dead centerposition into spring-locked position, said pin being formed with anvoperating bend a-rranged to bring up against the* face of the Wall andprevent rotation of the pin past locked position.

4. Fasteninomeans `for attaching a naine plate or they like to an.orificedl Wall comprising a neck member secured to the name plate andvextending through the Wall, said member being formed with a crossorifice forming a bearing, and a resilient curved locking pin extendingthrough said bearing and arranged to yieldingly snap past dead centerposition into springlocked position, said pin being formed With aterminal radial operating bend set at an angle to the plane of the pinand arranged to bring up against the taceof the Wall andnpreventIrotation of the pin past' locked position.

5. Fastening means for attaching a naine plate or the like to an oricedWall comprising a neck member secured to the name plate and extendingthrough the Wall, said member being formed with a cross orifice Jforminga bearing, and a resilient curved. locking pin extending through saidbearing and arranged to yieldingly engage the face orn the Wall whenrotated, said pin being provided with a stop lug arranged to position itcenf trally ot its length.

6. Fastening means toi attaching a name plate or the like to a wallhaving a circula-r orice, said means comprising a cylindrical neckmember secured to the name plate and extending through said orifice,said member being diametrically oriticed to provide a bearing, and aresilient curved locking pin extending through said bearing and ai'-ranged to yieldingly engage the tace of the wall when rotated.

7. Fastening means tor attachingv a name plate or the like to a Wallhaving a circular orifice, said means comprising a tubular neck membersecured to the name plate and extending through said orifice, saidmember being diainetrically orificed toy provide a EDWiN. if. REA..

